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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Syed Y. Ali, Chicago, IL (US);
Amy C. Biesenthal, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Rishi Khullar, Deerfield, IL (US);
Victor Lee, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Sean Mcgonagle, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Greg Pankow, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Syed Y. Ali, Chicago, IL (US);
Amy C. Biesenthal, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Rishi Khullar, Deerfield, IL (US);
Victor Lee, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Sean McGonagle, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Greg Pankow, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Walgreen Co., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A method in a computer system of distributing pills into containers for use by a patient includes obtaining from a memory a fill pattern including a mapping of each of a first plurality of pills to one of a first plurality of containers such that at least two of the first plurality of pills are mapped to the same one of the first plurality of containers, obtaining from the memory an attribute of each of the first plurality of pills such that at least two of the first plurality of pills differ in at least the obtained attribute, and automatically sorting the first plurality of pills according to the attribute of each of the plurality of pills according to a predefined order to generate an ordered list corresponding to an order of depositing the first plurality of pills into the first plurality of containers.